Design education in the information age

We examine changes in design practice during the industrial and information ages from an evolutionary systems perspective. We conclude that: design practice and education have scarcely tapped the holistic sciences yet, despite their importance; new forms of practice are emerging as design becomes more embedded in society, and design becomes important to other disciplines; collaborative design will increasingly prevail due to growing design complexity and user involvement; technological developments like virtuality and pervasiveness will strongly affect design education; and rapid sociocultural change will require lifelong learning in design. Such developments entail revolutionary rather than incremental change in design education.